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Do you have the millionaire mind?

The runaway bestseller The Millionaire Next Door told us who America's wealthy really are. The Millionaire Mind tells how they got there, and how to become one of them. Inside, you'll discover the surprising answers to questions such as...

What success factors made them wealthy in one generation?

What part did luck and school play?

How do they find the courage to take financial risks?

How did they find their ideal vocations?

What are they spouses like and how did they choose them?

How do they run their households?

How do they buy and sell their homes?

What are their favorite leisure activities?

To become a millionaire, you have to think like one. The Millionaire Mind tells you how.

Synopsis

Stanley guides readers through concrete examples of what makes the wealthy prosper when others would turn away dejected or beaten, answering universal questions with solid statistical evidence in an approachable, anecdotal style. Abridged.

About the Author

Dr. Thomas J. Stanley began studying the affluent in 1973. His coauthored best-selling book, The Millionaire Next Door, released in 1996, has sold 2,000,000 copies. Thomas followed his first book with Marketing to the Affluent, ranked among the ten outstanding business books by the editors of Best of Business Quarterly. In 1999, he published The Millionaire Mind, which explored America's financial elite and how they became so. The Millionaire Mind has sold 750,000 copies. The author lives in Atlanta, holds a doctorate of business administration from the University of Georgia in Athens and was formerly a professor of marketing at Georgia State University.